We
loved the simply wonderful stamping on Sari's card, just fabulous! Sari will win a Guest Designer slot here on the blog, her very own Winners
Profile, and of course her amazing art will be featured in it's own 2
page spread in Craft Stamper magazine! Congrats !

Visible Image stamp designs are unique, original and different… they love to stand
out! The arty images work brilliantly with inky colourful backgrounds
and the inspiring sentiment stamps. You will always get perfectly stamped images
with the deeply etched, clear photopolymer stamps!

The prize on offer this month for the randomly drawn winner is this set if stunning stamps:

Nikki won the challenge with this amazing canvas! We loved the immaculate stamping, the wonderfully shaded colouring of the flowers contrasts so well with the textured appearance of the background!

We askedNikkia few questions all about stamping (well, we are Craft Stamper after
all!)

Q: How long
have you been a stamper, and how did you get started?

A: My introduction to stamping and craft came about 3 1/2 years ago from a friend I play badminton with. I visited her house to borrow a Halloween costume and saw her craft room and scrap books. I was instantly addicted!

Q: What are
your favourite kinds of stamps, and do you have a favourite stamp company?

A: I like a broad range of stamps from a variety of companies with my go to stamps being PaperArtsy and Tim Holtz. Stamping can be a focal point for me or contribute to a textured background.

Q:
Describe your style, are you a messy kind of stamper or a more ‘clean and
simple’ kind of person?

A: Messy – definitely messy. In fact clean and simple really scares me! I love working with paint, ink, texture paste, stamps and stencils and my craft desk normally has 5 or 6 projects on the go at once.

Q:What
kind of projects do you like creating the most?

A: I enjoy creating both cards and wall art. Layers and texture nearly always feature in some way – even on the smallest card I will emboss a stamped image or add die cuts.

Q:
Apart from stamps, what is the one product you wouldn’t be without when you
craft?

A: It may be a broad answer but it has to be paint. I love that different types of paint can be used in so many ways – colouring, creating texture, creating a resist for inks, stamping, splattering etc.

We
also askedNikki to show us a couple of her
favourite stamped creations, and share why she likes them so much. Here
are the gorgeous projects she has chosen:

"This project shows how stamping and mixed media go together so well! This wall hanging includes painted layers, stamping (with white paint on the tags and also on acetate for the Runway Girls), die cuts, stencilling and sanding!"- Nikki

"I have selected these cards as they make me smile. Sometimes when you have an idea you just have to go with it! "- Nikki

Congratulations
on being our MarchDesign WinnerNikki, and
it was lovely to learn a little more about you!

Do
YOU fancy having a winners profile all about you on the CS blog?

The
profile is part of the prize package for each Design Winner of our challenges.
All you need to do is enter a creation into the challenge, then if you are
voted Design Winner everyone will be reading all about you before you know it!

Our
current challenge 'Take A Stamp
-Anything Goes" is still open for a few more days! Don't forget the wonderful prize, the 3 stamp sets and stencil bundle from Visible Image

Friday, 14 April 2017

Our current Take It Make It challenge is in full swing, with some amazing entries so far!

Just
in case you need a little more inspiration, the DT have come up with
some more amazing projects to share today :) First though, a bit of a
reminder.....

This year, we are pleased to announce that ALL of our challenges will be 'Anything Goes' stamping challenges!

So....Show
us how unique you can be, create anything your imagination cares to dream up! Share your
cards, journal pages, layouts, 3D assemblage or whatever else takes your
fancy. As long as you have stamped somewhere on your project, then you're good to go!

We
have two prizes on offer, as always. The first is the Sponsor Prize,
and the winner of this will be randomly chosen from all the eligible
entries of the challenge. To make sure your project is eligible to win,
make sure you have followed our challenge guidelines. These can be found on our sidebar over here ---------->

and also in a tab under the banner at the top.

PLEASE REMEMBER: We only want to see ONE project in each individual blog post entry!

Visible Image stamp designs are unique, original and different… they love to stand
out! The arty images work brilliantly with inky colourful backgrounds
and the inspiring sentiment stamps. You will always get perfectly stamped images
with the deeply etched, clear photopolymer stamps!

The prize on offer this month for the randomly drawn winner is this set of stunning stamps:

I
hope the prize has given you all an incentive to win...... and how
about some MORE amazing eye candy from the DT to give you some beautifullystamped
inspiration!

Friday, 7 April 2017

So....Show
us how unique you can be, create anything your imagination cares to dream up! Share your
cards, journal pages, layouts, 3D assemblage or whatever else takes your
fancy. As long as you have stamped somewhere on your project, then you're good to go!

We
have two prizes on offer, as always. The first is the Sponsor Prize,
and the winner of this will be randomly chosen from all the eligible
entries of the challenge. To make sure your project is eligible to win,
make sure you have followed our challenge guidelines. These can be found on our sidebar over here ---------->

and also in a tab under the banner at the top.PLEASE REMEMBER: We only want to see ONE project in each individual blog post entry!A set counts as more than one :)

Visible Image stamp designs are unique, original and different… they love to stand
out! The arty images work brilliantly with inky colourful backgrounds
and the inspiring sentiment stamps. You will always get perfectly stamped images
with the deeply etched, clear photopolymer stamps!

The prize on offer this month for the randomly drawn winner is this set if stunning stamps:

I
hope the prize has given you all an incentive to win...... and how
about some eye candy from the DT to give you some beautifullystamped
inspiration!

Monday, 3 April 2017

Our Marvellous May issue hits the shops this Friday... Subscribers are already receiving their copies!

***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***As the subscriber copies started to arrive, it became apparent there was a problem. Namely, the stamp included with the magazine was not the Grunge Star by Kim Dellow as featured on the cover and in the projects inside, but a bird on a branch stamp. Unfortunately, it has transpired that a mix up at the printers has resulted in the July issue covermount mistakenly being sent out with the May issue. We apologise unreservedly for this error. The Grunge Star WILL feature as a covermount in the near future, and keep hold of your bird stamps (designed by Jaine Drake) as we will be featuring some amazing ideas for creations using it in our next issue. Again, please accept our sincere apologies.

The May issue is jam packed full of fabulous projects!

Fran Westmoreland has created the fabulous altered book that graces our cover this month. Fran is sharing her first tutorial with us in this issue, and it’s a stunner! Creating an altered book is such a fun way to give a new lease of artistic life to an otherwise unloved item. Check out the excellent tutorial from Fran on page 6.

We are also welcoming Susanne Rose to the Craft Stamper family this issue. Susanne has created a wonderful journal page for us, so delicate and full of detail! This is another wonderful tutorial to study, why not have a look on page 22.

We also have an wonderful Powertex project by John Glossop:

An inspirational Masterclass from Anneke De Clerck on foiling:

and a gallery full of ‘New Beginnings’ themed cards in this issue, including this stunner from Karen Sessions:

Lots for you all to experiment with, and don’t forget, I would love to see what you create! Email me, or share on our Facebook page!